Selections spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PJj1DeKWSgttm1UEuzPE5ENd4yAldoWI5WEXilRL99A/edit#gid=3Prices spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PyZzJGTMpSy5MvrqBqVcMXrUN26GLlkZWknD51nYiS8/edit#gid=0I am pleased to announce this year's Blonde Open Tipster Competition.
The rules are as follows:
1. Entry is open to everyone upon payment of a £25 (or £10) entry fee to me. Additionally, people may enter for free if they just want to have fun seeing where they finish - the more the merrier. I will PM my bank details to everyone who expresses even a remote interest. Payment must be received by me before
6am on Thursday 16th July. If you are interested, please indicate below or PM me.
There will be two prize pools for this event. One costing £10 and one costing £15. It will not be possible to enter the £15 pool on its own. The same selections will be entered in both pools. The object for this is to try to encourage more people to take part.
2. Each entrant will pick one selection in each of the categories below. The selection must either be for a £2 win or a £1 each-way bet. Winnings will be settled on the basis of the prices that I will post by midnight on Tuesday. These prices will be taken from SkyBet or other sites if these markets are not available on SkyBet.
If your selection withdraws before the competition starts, he will be replaced with a "win only" bet on the favourite for that category.
The categories are:
Top US player
Top Great Britain and Ireland player
Top Continental Europe player
Top Australian player
Top Asian player
Top South African player
Top Debutant
Top Senior player
Top Amateur player
3. The organiser reserves the right to substitute other markets if prices for these markets are not available on Tuesday.
4. The place component of an each-way bet will be decided using a
fraction of the full odds for a win (as specified by the bookies). The number of places paid in each market and the appropriate fraction will be determined by me when I post the lists on Tuesday and know how many runners there are in each market. Note that the emboldened part is a change in the rules from previous years where I have used a blanket quarter of the full odds for all markets. There was some dissatisfaction with the scoring last year so I have decided to make a change. I hope that it is clear; if not, I will be happy to elaborate.
5. I will be using
http://www.theopen.com/ for the purpose of deciding the result of each market.
Where golfers achieve an equal score (with the exception of a player who wins the event in a play-off), I will apply dead heat rules. Where players fail to make the cut, the best 2-round score will count. Any player who makes the cut will be deemed to have finished higher than someone who does not.
6. Entries must be sent to me via PM by
6am on Thursday 16th July. I will then make everyone's selections available via the spreadsheet to which I have provided a link at the top of this post.
7. The winner will be the person who makes most profit (or least loss) over the course of the tournament. Where two (or more) people achieve the same score, I will apply dead heat rules to split the prize money evenly. There will be no tie-break conditions.
8. Each person may enter the competition up to 2 times at a cost of £25 (or £10) per entry.
9. My decision is final in all matters (until proven otherwise).
Payouts will be as follows:
1-10 entrants
1st 100%
11-20 entrants
1st 75%
2nd 25%
21-30 entrants
1st 60%
2nd 30%
3rd 10%
>30 entrants
tba
Final prize allocations will be posted at close of registration.
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